Brake



March ;29, 1932. G. H. sToNf-:R

BRAKE Fil ed Dec. 23. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet Patentedv Mar. 29, 1932 a I UNITED srAfr-Eas..

PATENT oFFIcE i GEORGE H. STONER, OF BOSTON',V MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB T STONER-AMES BRAKIL COMPANY, INC., OF BOSTOIMASSACHUSETTS, AGORPORATION, OF MASSACHUSETTS BRAKE Application file'd December 23,1929; Serial No. 415,902.

This invention relates to vehicle brakesof the internal expanding type and particularly e of the general type in which the brake shoe is provided with a deformable contact member which may be positively adjusted to conform accurately to the curvature of the, brake drum.

It is an object of the invention to provide acbrake capable of giving a smooth powerful braking action by a very light force upon the brake Operating pedal.. p

Another object is the provision of an operating mechanism which is capable of transmitting substantially the entire force applied thereto to the brake shoe thus increasing the efficiency of the brake.

It is also anotherobject to provide an im- .proved mounting for supporting the brake shoes. f o e Another object is the provision inconjunction with the improvedoperating mechanism of 'means for maintaining a predetermined relation between the brake shoes and a given diameter of the brakedrum while adjusting the curvature of the brake shoes.

The invention will be more cle'arly under,- stood from the following description inconjunction with the accompanying drawings; in which,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a vehicle brake embodying the invention, the parts being shown in the'relative positions they assume before the brake Vis expanded.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, certain of the parts being broken away to more clearly illustrate the construction.

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary view, similar to Fig. 1, showing the relative position of'the parts after the brake is expanded.

Fig. 5 is a modified construction.

Before explaining in detail the present ini vention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and arrangement of e parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practised or carried out in various-ways. understood that the phraseology or terminologyemployed herein is for the purpose of.

description and not of limitation, and it is p, quirements thereof;

One embodimentrof the invention is illustrated Vin the accompanying drawings which show a brake comprlsing' a brake shoe composed of sections 10V and 11 suitably mounted upon a fixed hacking plate 12 so as to be moved into and out ofengagement with a brake drum 14: rotatable with the vehicle wheel. The brake shoes 10 and 11 each comprise a' substantially non-deformable me1nber 15 and a deform'able contact member 16 carrying a suitable friction material, such as a brake lining 17. The members 15 Vand 1G are joined together by suitablv spaced connections each comprising a pair of spaced brackets 20 fixed to the member 16V and enclosingthe 1nember'15. Each of the bracki ets 20V is provided with an opening 18 serving g Vend adapted to be received in a groove 27 in the edge of a block 28 mounted upon an anchor pin 29 which is adjustably inounted Also it is to be H upon the hacking plate 127 as by a nut 31 on o the pin 29 engaging the plate 12. The grooves for receiving the projections 26 may be curved as shown at 271 lin'the modified construction shown in Fig.'5. A spring 30 is secured at its ends to each of the members 15 with its intermediate portion in engagement with the blo'cl28 so as to tend to move each of the shoes 10 and 11 inward with respect to the block.

Suitable mechanism is provided for expanding the shoes 10 and 11 against the surface of the drum 14. In the form illustrated, f

. vand the anchorpin 529 i thereon between th member 15 substantia `this mechanism comprises a. cam'shaft 35 which passes freely through a relatively large opening 86 in the hacking plate 12 and is supported soleiy by one of the brake shoes.

For this purpose the free end of one of the members 15 is positioned in a groove 38 in a block 37 having a bearingr 34 for rotatably suppoi'ting the shaft 35. The block 37 is secured to the mei'nber 15 by bolts 89 which also serve to secure a cag 40 to the block 371` The Cap 40 also cmbraces the free end of the other membei` 15 and holds it in sliding engagement between the block 37 and the cap 40. The o-uter end of the shaft 35 is i'ot'atably support-` ed in a her-ring in the cap 40. A cam vis carried by-the shaft 35 and is positioned e block 37 and cap 40 so to en The shaft i and block.

Each of thernembess 15 is arranged With anopening 6V providing a surface 47 on each llel to a diamfough the shaft and subatantially equidistant therefrom When the biake shoes are in retracted position. Bolts 48 are se- Vcured to the hacking' Vplate 12 so that one pa'ssesthrougheach of`v the openings 6 and eachcarries a Washer 49 held in'engagement eter of the drum 14 passine' With the outer surface of the member 15, as

by a cotter pin 50. A spring; 51 connccts the members 15 VandV normally holds the bralre shoes 10 and 11in retracted position away from the drum 14 a distance limited by en- "agement of the surfaces 47 With the stop 'bolts 48. i

In operation the brake shoes 10 and 11 are .expanded against the drum 14 by depressing the brake pedal (not shown) of the vehicle causingV rotation of the shaft 35 and consei end of the member 15^ the bralre pedal of the vej hicle by theusuaA mechanisni including a le- Ver 52 clamped on the shaft 35.

bringing the contact members 16 away from the drum.

It will be apparent that upon continued operation of the brake to stop a vehicle, the lining 17 carried by the deformable contact members 16 will become vWorn and as a result drum. .The shaft 21 is then locked against rotation and the brakeis ready for further operation; In the course of this adjustment fit will be noted that the spring' 51 maintains 'the surfaces 47 in engagement With the stop bolts 48 thereby maintaining their jredetermmed symmetrical relation to a lgiven diameter of the drum through the shaft 35 and anchor pin 29.' I clann: i

In an internal expanding brake, a brake drum, a hackingT plate, a pair of brake shoes,

means for slidablvand pivotally connecting adjacent ends of said shoes to the hacking plate comprising a block adapted to be adiustably fixed On the hacking plate and havinggrooves progressively iincreasing in depth from their` opposite ends toward an intermediate point to receive the adjacent ends of said shoes. and a spring` connected at its ends to said .adjacent ends of the shoes and having a portion bearing on said block.

In testimony- Whereof I afiix mv signature.

GEORGE H`` STONER.

quent outvvard movement of the shoes 10 and '11. It vvill be noted that duringv theexpansion of the bralre shoes 10 and 11, the shaft 35 moves with the brake shoe 10 and the other brake shoe 11 is engaeed by the cam 45.

Thus` both the force applied tothe brake pedal of the vehicle and its reaction are transmitted and absorbed in the operation and exblock 28 to bring` the' lower ends of the shoes 10 and 11 in engagcment With the drum 14. lVhen the force applied to operate the brake has been released, the spring' 51 moves the shoes 10 and 11 inward to bring' the surfaces 47 against the stop bolts 48 and at the same Vtime the springv 30 moves the lower ends of the shoes inward along the grooves 27 thus 

